Host cell responses to persistent mycoplasmas--different stages in infection of HeLa cells with Mycoplasma hominis.

Mycoplasma hominis is a facultative human pathogen primarily associated with bacterial vaginosis and pelvic inflammatory disease, but it is also able to spread to other sites, leading to arthritis or, in neonates, meningitis. With a minimal set of 537 annotated genes, M. hominis is the second smalle...

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Main Authors: Miriam Hopfe, René Deenen, Daniel Degrandi, Karl Köhrer, Birgit Henrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3543322?pdf=render